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name: "Vinton Vernon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vinton-vernon"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "23 October 1899"
died: "27 June 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T12:14:06.304588+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Vinton Vernon

Composer. Born 23 October 1899 in Emporia, Kansas, USA. Died 27 June 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 23 October 1899, Emporia, Kansas, USA
- **Died:** 27 June 1991

## Biography

Vinton Vernon was an American sound and music engineer who worked in film from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. He is credited as music mixer on *Laura* (1944).

His other credits include sound and music department roles on *West Side Story* (1961), *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), *The Poseidon Adventure* (1972) and many earlier films such as *Queen Kelly* (1929) and *Our Daily Bread* (1934). He was born on 23 October 1899 in Emporia, Kansas, and died on 27 June 1991 in Los Angeles, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Laura* (1944), Fi1m 86, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/laura.md)

## Also known for

- *West Side Story* (1961), Sound
- *The Poseidon Adventure* (1972), Scoring Mixer
- *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- *Guys and Dolls* (1955), Sound
- *Carmen Jones* (1954), Sound Recordist
- *Robin and the 7 Hoods* (1964), Sound
- *Queen Kelly* (1929), Sound Recordist
- *Our Daily Bread* (1934), Sound Recordist

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